Few animal suggestions

It appears the Daily American readers are not wild about the idea of animal sculptures for the Somerset Borough bicentennial, but hope still remains for a project.

Only three responded to a survey by the Dec. 12 deadline.

One person voted for golden eagles, the Somerset school mascot, one voted for white-tailed deer and the third had a different idea.

Kathy Trexel Reed suggested since Somerset was called The Roof Garden of Pennsylvania, people could decorate large flower pots, or bird houses because people are "flocking" to Somerset, or mailboxes. All these objects could be decorated by people of all ages and would be less expensive than large fiberglass or papier-mâché figures.

She wrote that she hopes any object chosen will reflect community pride and dignity as well as open creative artistic possibilities.

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So the people have spoken.

These results - such as they are - are being forwarded to the bicentennial committee which will decide if Somerset should have a community art project for the bicentennial.

Somerset Inc., the local business revitalization group, has been discussing a similar project for about two years. The organization reported Friday that it is still interested in seeing if individuals or groups would like to help with the project.

The members need volunteers and contributors. You can voice your interest to 443-1748 or somersetinc@shol.com

We still like Chicago's cows and Pittsburgh's dinosaurs. Hopefully we will have a similar project here.